- Mommie Dearest

PERSONAL HEALTH - BRIEFLY

October 15, 1991

CLUE NO. 1 to whether your significant other is good husband fodder: Does he get along with his

mother? Sure, his relationship with your cat is important, but it's got to be a paltry No. 5 or 6 on the ever-expanding list of clues to his true personality. Mom is No. 1. If he doesn't like the woman, dump him. Self magazine reports on one of those fabulous studies by researchers at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. These intrepid researchers interviewed couples seven months into marriage, and again a year later. They found that wives of husbands who had warm and loving relationships with their mothers were by far the most satisfied with their marriages.